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Sometimes in life we find ourselves in a crossroads of history. Sometimes we don’t even notice there is a crossroads, sometimes it’s so clear and obvious that it scares us.
We feel paralized.
If we take the wrong turn there is no way back without a lot of struggle, suffering and even risk of death.
We know what is the right path, we shout and scream to the crowd moving in the wrong direction, but they seem deaf and blind.

The choice Brazil is facing in this 2018 Presidential Elections are cristal clear:

Democracy or dictatorship.
Civilization or barbarism.
Human rights or death squads.
Civilian government or Military coup.
Freedom of speech or censorship.
Religious freedom or fundamentalism.

It is obvious that the CAS crew has chosen its side in that struggle, but in our 468th episode we open our mics for our listeners around the globe to have their say. People who have learned to love Brazil, its culture and its people through learning the rhythms, the poetry and the beauty we are able to produce as a society. They are more than entitled to have their say especially as some of them have only recently stood before similar crossroads. Let’s hope Brazil can hear their voice as a voice from the future.

Lots os great music, some made specifically for this moment in history, somo reminding us of things we should not forget. If you love Brazil and its cultural diversity, help us spread the word.

THE VIDEOS:

1- the amazing new samba that will represent Mangueira in 2019, guaranteed to lift up the voices at Sapucay next carnival, for its beauty and political meaning in this delicate time we are living in Brazil

2- Leci Brandão os not just a talented singer and composer. She is also Congress woman re-elected last week to continue her work representing the afro-brazilian population, the youth, the ‘quilombolas’, the indigenous people and LGBTs. In this show we play a classic of her repertoire, Zé Do Caroço, that talks about the rise of a popular leader in a favela.

3- Ju Dorotea is a newcomer at the CAS family that came from the prolific Volta redonda scene. She is rapper as every rapper should be: articulate, activist, a mover and shaker in her neighborhood, working with kids and passing on the resistance tradition of the true rap.

4- Many artists are not afraid to take sides and voice their views with music. Juliano Muta is from Recife and brought to us this song about the moment we are living in our country

6- A group of artists from Sergipe got together to declare that the true artist do not vote for fascists with the song ‘SOMOS DEMOCRACIA (Artista Não Vota em Fascista)’. This song was sent by Diane Veloso and Alex Sant'anna who also sent the song O Ódio that is also played in the CAS 468.

7- And last, but not the least, the lyric-video of the parody 13 Evidências, adopted from a Chitãozinho & Chororó big hit.

For the show in Spanish we didn’t have a way to properly set up his gear in the studio, so we’ve just played tracks from some of his projects with his label Kafundó Records while he told us all about his trajectory from USA to Arpoador-Rio and also about his methods of collecting music around the world.

In the Caipirinha Appreciation Society show he brought his equipment and made a live mix in the studios of Rádio Contrabanda. And we had a little chat about his work, obviously.

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No, we are not Lula voters.
We are not PT voters.
But we are ‘legalists’ or ‘constitutionalists’.
We believe individual rights guaranteed by the Brazilian Constitution should be respected and enforced by unbiased judges.

We believe every Brazilian citizen should receive a fair trial, from Lula to Rafael Braga
We believe the law can not be adapted to suit political and economical interests.

The Brazilian Judiciary system created a whole new interpretation of the law to stop one man from running for president. Our supreme court reverted many of its previous decisions to incarcerate and prevent one Brazilian citizen from running for president. Our supreme court went to the extreme of imposing a gag order on a person who doesn’t even have a final sentence pronounced.

That’s the real reason behind the turmoil Brazil is going through now, with the risk of a nazi-fascist candidate finally completing the cycle of the military coup initiated with the impeachment of 2016.

The voices of resistance you hear in this show are the ones of the afro-descendants, of the women, of the LGBTxxxs, of the indigenous Brazilian population, of the workers, of the minorities that will be silenced and persecuted by the dark forces that are taking over Brazil. They believe Lula should have been free to run for president, and so do we. But, as things stand, all we can say is: vote for anyone you like, as long as it’s #NotHim #EleNão

To put some of the artists of our show in their context, here we present you 3 videos:

1- Chico Buarque & MPB-4 performing Apesar De Você at a TV show called ‘Ensaio’ at TV Tupi in 1971. This song was an anthem hope and resistance against oppression and censorship during the darkest times of the military dictatorship in Brasil.

2- Antônio das Mortes sung by Sergio Ricardo was part of the original soundtrack for the film ‘Deus e o Diabo Na Terra do Sol’ directed by Glauber Rocha. Here we see a clip with some scenes of Antônio das Mortes, character that was created based on a previous work by Sérgio Ricardo. Glauber is also credited for co-writing the lyrics.

3- Não Recomendados is an activist trio of singers dedicated to raise awareness about gender issues and here they perform ‘Não Recomendado’ remixed by Deep Lick in the video directed by Leandro HBL that brings us references to the emblematic 'Parangolés' created by the 60s/70s artist Hélio Oiticica.

In the Pink Power show we had more than a dozen female artists and a male band. No one can say we discriminate... You can check out the complete playlist below.

The main artist featured was Letícia 'Letrux' Novaes with her album ‘Letrux’. In this post we include a live vídeo where you can check her out performing live.

We also present you the amazing stop-motion clip ‘Morte e Vida Uterina’ by ﻿Paula Cavalciuk﻿made by Daniel Bruson that only last week was shortlisted for the UKMVA 2018 in the category best animation in a video disputing neck to neck with Aphex Twins and U2...

To finish watch the clip ‘Falo’ with Carne Doce directed by Bruno Alves.

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